USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After sending an exploring party ashore, the Mayflower landed at what they would call Plymouth Harbor, on the western side of Cape Cod Bay, in mid-December.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mayflower arrived in New England on November 11, 1620 after a voyage of 66 days. Although the Pilgrims had originally intended to settle near the Hudson River in New York, dangerous shoals and poor winds forced the ship to seek shelter at Cape Cod.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Winter at Plimouth Still the extreme cold, lack of food, and illness led to the death of half the group, both passengers and crewmen. There were four deaths (and one birth-Peregrine White) during the month they spent at the tip of Cape Cod.

Detailed explanation-4: -Where did the passengers live on Mayflower? The ship carried 102 men, women and children passengers on its only trip to New England. The passengers were the cargo, so they all had to live in the dark, cold cargo decks below the crew’s quarters.

Detailed explanation-5: -More than half the settlers fell ill and died that first winter, victims of an epidemic of disease that swept the new colony. Soon after they moved ashore, the Pilgrims were introduced to a Native American man named Tisquantum, or Squanto, who would become a member of the colony.